This is a list of accidents where all or part of a major sports team had been killed or seriously injured.

Sports teams fatalities from aviation accidents and incidents

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DateTeamSportAirlineAircraftLocationFatalitiesDescriptionRef
TotalTeam
31 March 1931Notre DameAmerican footballTranscontinental & Western AirFokker F.10Bazaar, Kansas, United States81Famed football coach Knute Rockne killed.
31 March 1933 Winnipeg Toilers Basketball Private Ford Tri-Motor Neodesha, Kansas 7 ? Crashed into a field attempting a forced landing on a flight from Tulsa. [1]
13 January 1946 Army swimming team Swimming USAAF Curtiss Commando Pacific Ocean near Majuro, Marshall Islands 12 ? Crashed on a flight to Johnston Island; 17 occupants swam to shore, other 12 missing. [2]
6 August 1947 Army-Navy softball team Softball United States Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina within Alaska, United States 20 ? Disappeared flying from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor (Unalaska). [3]
11 January 1948 BBC Santiago Baseball Dominicana de Aviacion Douglas C-47 Yamasa, Dominican Republic 32 ? Team was returning from matches in Barahona and encountered severe weather, crashing into a mountain trying to divert to Ciudad Trujillo. [4]
8 November 1948Czechoslovak national ice hockey teamIce hockey Escadrille Mercure Taxis Aeriens Beechcraft C18S English Channel 86Six players of Czechoslovak national ice hockey team including Ladislav Troják were killed on their way to Great Britain. [5]
4 May 1949Torino F.C.Association footballAvio Linee ItalianeFiat G212CPSuperga, Turin, Italy3123Eighteen players of the Grande Torino and five club officials were killed when the plane crashed on its landing approach to the Turin airport.
5 January 1950VVS MoscowIce hockeySoviet Air ForceLisunov Li-2Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union1913Almost the entire team was killed in a crash during a fifth attempt to land at Koltsovo Airport at Sverdlovsk (modern day Yekaterinburg) in extremely adverse weather conditions involving a heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
2 April 1952 IFK Norrköping Association football Fred Olsen Flyveselskap Douglas C-47 Mimizan, France 0 0 Belly landed on a beach after engine failure on a flight from Madrid to Bordeaux. [6]
24 November 1956TJ Baník ChomutovIce hockeyCzechoslovak AirlinesIlyushin Il-12BEglisau, Switzerland235Three players, two top club officials and a reporter were among others on board the scheduled flight from Zurich to Prague, which crashed in fields after an engine failure. All on board perished.[7][8]
9 December 1956Saskatchewan Roughriders
Winnipeg Blue Bombers		Canadian footballTrans-Canada Air LinesCanadair North StarChilliwack, British Columbia, Canada625Five players were killed returning home from that year's all-star game held in Vancouver, BC. The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountains.
6 February 1958Manchester UnitedAssociation footballBritish European AirwaysAirspeed AS-57 AmbassadorMunich, West Germany2311Eight players and three club staff members killed when their plane failed to take off on its third attempt. Of the remaining team, two players received career-ending injuries.[9]
14 August 1958Egypt national fencing teamFencingKLMLockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super ConstellationAtlantic Ocean off Ireland996Six players killed.
16 July 1960Danish Olympic football triallistsAssociation footballZone-RedningskorpsetDe Havilland Dragon RapideCopenhagen, Denmark88Eight players killed.
29 October 1960California Polytechnic State UniversityAmerican footballArctic PacificCurtiss C-46F-1-CU CommandoToledo, Ohio, United States2217Sixteen players killed.
15 February 1961US figure skating teamFigure skatingSabenaBoeing 707Brussels, Belgium7325Entire team killed while en route to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
3 April 1961C.D. Green CrossAssociation footballLAN ChileDouglas C-47A-35-DLLlico, Chile248Eight members of the team killed.[10]
6 February 1965Santiago's Antonio Varas football team Association footballLAN ChileDouglas DC-6B-404Andes Mountains, Chile8722Twenty-two players and staff of team killed.
28 January 1966Italy national swimming teamSwimmingLufthansaConvair CV-440Bremen, West Germany468Eight members of team were killed.
26 September 1969The StrongestAssociation footballLloyd Aéreo BolivianoDouglas DC-6Viloco, Bolivia7420Seventeen players and three team staff members were killed.
15 February 1970Puerto Rico women's national volleyball teamVolleyballDominicana de AviaciónMcDonnell Douglas DC-9Caribbean Sea near Las Américas Int'l Airport10212The head coach and eleven players were killed.[11]
1 April 1970Youth ice hockey team from NovosibirskIce HockeyAeroflotAntonov An-24B20 km southeast of Toguchin45?Caused by a collision with a weather balloon. The team was on its way to participate in the Golden Puck tournament. There were no survivors.[12]
2 October 1970Wichita State UniversityAmerican footballGolden Eagle AviationMartin 4-0-4Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States311514 players and coach Ben Wilson killed. One of two planes en route to game vs. Utah State University. Other plane with reserve players and assistant coaches landed safely at Logan, Utah.
14 November 1970Marshall UniversityAmerican footballSouthern AirwaysMcDonnell Douglas DC-9Wayne County, West Virginia, United States7546Most of the team killed as plane hit tree line and exploded upon impact as it made final approach to Tri-State Airport in Ceredo, West Virginia. Plane was flying team back to campus after game at East Carolina University. Among those killed were 37 players and 9 coaching staff members.
13 October 1972Old Christians ClubRugby unionUruguayan Air ForceFairchild FH-227Argentina2912Eleven players were killed. Survivors resorted to cannibalism until their rescue on December 23.
13 February 1975Västra Frölunda IFIce hockeyBaron AirCessna 402Gävle, Sweden00[note]Seven players injured when Baron Air SE-GGN crashed.[13][14]
29 November 1975Embassy Racing With Graham HillAuto racingN/APiper PA-23North London, England66Six team members killed while returning from a test session at Circuit Paul Ricard in France. The dead included recently-retired double Formula One champion Graham Hill (who piloted the plane) and driver Tony Brise.
6 October 1976Cuban National Fencing TeamFencingCubana de AviaciónDouglas DC-8Seawell Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados732424 members of the 1975 national Cuban fencing team were all killed as a result of a bomb on board.
13 December 1977University of EvansvilleMen's basketballAir IndianaDC-3Evansville, Indiana, United States2919Entire team (save one player) and coaching staff, along with members of the press, boosters, and plane crew, are all killed in crash shortly after take-off from Evansville en route to a game against Middle Tennessee State University. The sole team member who did not board the plane died in a car crash two weeks later.
11 August 1979FC Pakhtakor TashkentAssociation footballAeroflotTupolev Tu-134Dniprodzerzhynsk, Soviet Union17817Entire team killed in mid-air collision
10 January 1980Louisiana State UniversityAmerican footballPrivateCessna 441 Conquest IIAtlantic Ocean off Virginia21Coach Bo Rein and pilot killed when plane flew well off course and crashed after running out of fuel
14 March 1980US amateur boxing teamBoxingLOT Polish AirlinesIlyushin Il-62Warsaw, Poland8714Killed a 14-man American boxing team
25 November 1985Iowa State Cyclones women's cross country teamCross country runningPrivateAero Commander twin-engineDes Moines, Iowa, United States76All killed on the return trip from the 1985 Championships. 15 other members of the men's team and coaching staff were aboard 2 other planes which successfully made the trip the same night.[15]
8 December 1987Alianza LimaAssociation footballPeruvian NavyFokker F27Lima, Peru4323Entire team killed
7 June 1989Colourful 11Association footballSurinam AirwaysDouglas DC-8Paramaribo, Suriname1761515 players died, 3 survived with career-ending injuries
1 April 1993Alan Kulwicki RacingAuto racingPrivate planeSwearingen Merlin IIInear Blountville, Tennessee, United States41NASCAR driver Alan Kulwicki, two executives of the Hooters restaurant chain, and the pilot were killed while on approach to the nearby Tri-Cities Regional Airport.
27 April 1993Zambia national football teamAssociation footballZambian Air ForceDe Havilland Canada DHC-5 BuffaloAtlantic Ocean off Gabon3022All killed. Their captain and star player Kalusha Bwalya was slated to travel separately from his European club and so was the only player left of the entire squad
27 January 2001Oklahoma State UniversityMen's basketballCharter flightBeechcraft Super King AirStrasburg, Colorado, United States108Two players killed, as well as some team staff and media[16]
24 October 2004Hendrick MotorsportsAuto racingCharter flightBeechcraft Super King AirMartinsville, Virginia, United States103Flight featured race team president John Hendrick, chief engine builder Randy Dorton, and former driver Ricky Hendrick among the victims. All aboard were killed.
30 March 2008Apex MotorsportsAuto racingCharter flightCessna Citation 501Farnborough, London, England53All killed including team manager (Richard Lloyd), driver (David Leslie) and a data engineer.
7 September 2011Lokomotiv YaroslavlIce hockeyYak-ServiceYakovlev Yak-42Yaroslavl, Russia4437All killed, one player survived impact but died in hospital[17]
17 November 2011Oklahoma State UniversityWomen's basketballCharter flightPiper PA-28 CherokeePerryville, Arkansas, United States42Head coach, assistant coach, and others[18]
28 November 2016 Chapecoense Association football LaMia Bolivia, CA Charter Flight Avro RJ85 (BAe 146) La Unión, Antioquia, Colombia7142Crashed at Medellín, Colombia en route to attend the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals against Atletico Nacional. Among those killed were: 19 players, 14 club staff members, 9 club board members and 4 Fox Sports Brazil journalists. Three players survived the crash, with one player received career-ending injury. [19]
24 January 2021 Palmas Association football Charter flight Beechcraft Baron Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil65Crashed at Luzimangues, a district of Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil. Four players and the president of Brazilian club Palmas were killed. They were traveling to Goiania in a light aircraft for an away game against Vila Nova in the Copa Verde, an annual competition played between 24 teams from the north and central-west regions of Brazil. [20]

1. ^ Frölunda chartered three planes to carry the entire team's roster, one of which carried seven team members and crashed.

Accidents involving other modes of transport

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DateTeamSportTransportationLocationFatalitiesDescriptionRef
31 October 1903Purdue UniversityAmerican footballTrainIndiana, United States1714 members of team killed
22 January 1927Baylor UniversityBasketballBusTexas, United States1010 members of team killed
3 October 1936L'Aquila CalcioAssociation footballTrainLazio, Italy15Coach dead and all players forced to quit professional football due to injuries in a train crash in Contigliano, on the Terni–Sulmona railway. Team was relegated never managed to recover the second-tier Serie B league. 15 or more were killed.[21]
11 March 1949St. Edwards High SchoolBasketball1949 FordElgin, Illinois, United States07 people (4 high school students and 3 workers from defunct radio station WILA-FM licensed in Woodstock) were injured after their 1949 Ford Station Wagon collided with a Buick while returning back from an Elgin Vs. Carpentersville high school basketball game.[22]
5 July 1951Þór AkureyriAssociation football & AthleticsBusÓshlíð, Iceland22 members of club killed, one was part of the football team the other was part of the Athletic team[23]
3 January 1973Vestal High SchoolSwimmingBusNew York, United States33 members of the boys' swimming team killed, and 15 others were injured when their bus skidded on ice and overturned on the Southern Tier Expressway.[24]
24 November 1974Sherbrooke CastorsIce hockeyBusQuebec, Canada11 member of team killed, 29 injured
21 January 1984Whitefish High SchoolWrestlingBusMontana, United States99 members of the boys' wrestling team killed, and 18 others injured when their bus skidded on ice and collided with a gas tanker truck that was jackknifed in the middle of the road off of US Highway 2.[25]
30 December 1986Swift Current BroncosIce hockeyBusSaskatchewan, Canada44 members of team killed[23]
10 May 1987Querétaro F.C.Association footballBusSan Luis Potosí, Mexico33 members of team killed[26]
20 January 1989SamsunsporAssociation footballBusSamsun, Turkey53 players and coach Nuri Asan killed. 2 players have career ending injuries.[27]
24 January 1992University of Notre DameSwimmingBusIndiana, United States22 members of the women's swim team killed[28]
21 May 1992California AngelsBaseballBusNew Jersey, United States0Angels manager Buck Rodgers, three coaches, four players, and four others were injured when their bus ran off the New Jersey Turnpike near Woodbury, New Jersey.[29]
5 November 1997HC CourmAostaIce hockeyCarAosta Valley, Italy11 player killed, 2 injured[30]
29 January 2005Windsor Wildcats U-21 Female HockeyIce hockeyBusNew York, United States4Team coach, 2 passengers, and truck driver killed, 19 others injured when the team bus veered off the road and hit an illegally parked semi-trailer truck.[31][32][33]
2 March 2007Bluffton UniversityBaseballBusGeorgia, United States75 members of team killed, 2 bus drivers
12 January 2008Bathurst High SchoolBasketballVanNew Brunswick, Canada87 members of team killed, 1 teacher
15 January 2009Brasil de PelotasAssociation footballBusCanguçu, Brazil32 players and one member of staff killed[34]
18 July 2009FC Dynamo KhmelnytskyiAssociation footballBusLetychiv, Ukraine11 player killed (Ihor Sholin), 2 other severely injured (including one career-ending injury) and multiple lighter injuries when their bus was hit by a truck.[35]
16 March 2013Seton Hill UniversityLacrosseBusPennsylvania, United States21 coach and 1 bus driver killed[36]
28 February 2014Carleton Ultimate TeamUltimateCarMinnesota, United States33 members of team killed, 2 seriously injured[37]
26 September 2014North Central Texas CollegeSoftballBusOklahoma, United States44 members of team killed
6 April 2018Humboldt BroncosIce hockeyBusSaskatchewan, Canada1610 players, 2 coaches, statistician, radio announcer, athletic trainer, and bus driver killed; 13 injured[38]
15 January 2020College of the Holy CrossRowingVanVero Beach, Florida, United States11 member of the women’s rowing team killed, 7 others injured including 1 coach when the van made a left turn into the path of a truck.[39]
15 March 2022Southwest MustangsGolfVan Andrews County, Texas, United States96 members of the men's and women's golf teams killed (who were heading back from New Mexico), along with the head coach and two others, when a pickup truck crossed the centerline of the road and struck the team van in Western Texas.[40]
14 June 2022 Mes Kerman Association football Bus Kerman-Tehran Road, Yazd province, Iran 15[41] 15 member of team killed, several injured [42][43]
21 August 2022 Indiana State University American football Car Indiana SR 46, Riley, Indiana2The driver of the vehicle, an Indiana State University student was killed; 2 ISU football players were killed, 2 additional ISU football players were injured but survived the crash.[44][45]
29 January 2023 Vila Maria Helena FC Association football Bus Além Paraíba, Brazil 4 The U16, U18 and U20 teams were returning to Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro after a youth tournament in Ubaporanga. The bus fell off a bridge, 3 players and 1 adult died, 24 injured were taken to hospitals in Além Paraíba and the nearby city of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais. [46]
12 August 2023 Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC Association football Car Chư Pưh, Pleiku, Gia Lai, Vietnam 3 Kiatisuk Senamuang's personal car. Carrying 3 members of club by a private driver of the club, he collided with a truck from behind and then crashed into a truck in front, causing assistant coach Dương Minh Ninh, Doctor Đào Trọng Trí and Portuguese player Paollo Madeira died. [47]

See also

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